Archives: CFICE project

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Tool: Questing Your Way to a Knowledge Mobilization Strategy

Knowledge mobilization helps us do research that is useful and used. But the field itself is fraught with a dizzying array of terminology and concepts, leaving researchers and their community partners unsure about what knowledge mobilization means in their situation. As a result, developing a knowledge mobilization strategy takes thoughtful... More

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Knowledge Mobilization Hub Research Assistant Reflection

How does one go about the daunting task of strengthening Canadian communities? They do so by connecting with like-minded people to address an equally formidable question. In the case of the CFICE project, that question is: How can community campus partnerships be designed and implemented to maximize the value created for non-profit,... More

Friday, June 19, 2015

Research Assistant Reflection – Knowledge Mobilization

Knowledge mobilization is a verb, not a noun. It’s an ongoing journey, not the destination. That’s what I learned this year as a research assistant for the CFICE knowledge mobilization hub. I wrote articles and sat on committees. I helped with newsletters and assisted with knowledge mobilization resources. But more than anything else, I... More

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Webinar: Lessons from an evaluation of community-university partnerships in the Regina Community Food Assessment

Join to hear about the lessons learned in a collaboration between the University of Regina Community Research Unit, Regina- Qu’Appelle Health Region, and REACH, Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger. They are undertook a participatory, community-led community food assessment while evaluating their own partnership in the process. The... More

Friday, August 22, 2014

Poverty Reduction Highlights- Mary MacKeigan: One Woman’s Impact on Poverty

Name: Mary MacKeigan Years with Opportunities Waterloo Region: 10 years Position: Executive Director Years with CFICE: 2 years (since inception) Position with CFICE: Poverty Reduction Hub- Project Partner Background experience/education: B.A., Social Services Honours Diploma, over 25 years working in the social service field; and first-hand... More

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

CCPH Afterthoughts

How does power operate in community-campus engagement (CCE)? To what extent do the various ways that we convene CCE within CFICE allow us to work within power relations responsibly in order to get the work done effectively? What big questions! Still, these are the questions I have been sitting with over the last few... More

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Working Paper: Rigour in Methods and Evaluation of Community Engagement

Early in the CFICE project PhD candidate Chris Yordy took on the task of exploring evaluation of engagement options. Topics include: Rigour and the Multiple levels of quantitative and qualitative analysis Rigour in methods and post-positivist paradigm shifting, and evaluation and Rigour in defining theory of change Please view the full... More

Thursday, April 17, 2014

New CES Hub Research Assistants

Introducing Two CES Hub Research Assistants for Year 2. Magda Goemans                                      Michael Lait The Community Environmental Sustainability (CES) Hub of the CFICE project aims to promote local actions that reduce carbon and ecological footprints, mitigate climate change, and lead to... More

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Institute of Community Engaged Scholarship Contributes to CFICE

Our CFICE partners contribute to the project in a multitude of ways.  Recently the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship contributed a Guide to Social Media for Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization (A Guide to Social Media_for distribution).  On February 28, 2014 `from 2-3 PM  EST they will provide a free webinar on the same topic-... More

Monday, February 3, 2014

Knowledge Brokering in the Multimedia Context

by Anyi Ndongko, CFICE KMb RA I had the opportunity to participate in a knowledge brokering workshop – “Knowledge Brokering: Creating links between people and knowledge” – led by Peter Levesque, the founder and president of the Institute for Knowledge Mobilization. Coming into the workshop, I had some initial reservations about what to... More

Friday, September 6, 2013

Presentation: Poverty Hub Presentation Goes Online

CFICE’s Poverty Reduction Hub has been busy. After a busy year of working with partners in Hamilton, Waterloo, Saint John, and nationally, the Hub has put together a detailed presentation of its work in 2012-2013. You can access the Hub’s slide show on the Vibrant Comminities website. This work was presented at the CUExpo conference in... More

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Community Academic Collaborative Hosted by Food Secure Canada

The Community Academic Collaborative is a network of academics and food actors (non-profits, community organizers, farmers and more) who are all working and thinking together about how to improve the collaborative research we do together, so that it serves the interests of our communities and contributes to advancing the food systems we want.... More

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